Togo assistant coach Kodjovi Mawuena has taken over first-team duties after Otto Pfister stormed out of the team's hotel in Wangen due to a pay dispute between officials and the squad.

Spokesman Messan Attolou said: "Mr Mawuena is the new coach and he is already conducting the training with the team this morning."

According to the team physio, Joachim Schubert, 68-year-old Pfister and his assistant Piet Hamberg walked away from the Africans' camp last night over the ongoing dispute between the players and the national football federation over bonuses.

The players have asked for £80,000 each to play in the World Cup, plus an additional £20,000 each per win and £10,000 per draw.

"Otto Pfister left the hotel with assistant coach Piet Hamberg at 22.20 (on Friday)," Schubert told Kicker . "It's a shame that it's all fallen to pieces because Togo and Pfister had a good relationship, but the situation had become unbearable for the coach."

Pfister explained: "I have resigned without notice. The players boycotted (three closed) training sessions and with that my basis to work has been removed. It has destroyed a dream of my life."

He told Tagesspiegel: "The players are angry, unmotivated. They are striking - and we are supposed to play a successful World Cup?...I cannot do my job professionally if the federation does not even begin to work professionally."

Togo prime minister Edem Kodjo flew to Germany late on Friday night in a bid to resolve the dispute, which is threatening to overshadow the nation's first appearance in the World Cup.